[1] I am both anti-social and introverted. What I am not is shy, and I think this makes for an odd combination that other people find hard to understand. Sometimes I think I’m probably a high-functioning sociopath. I have very little brain-to-mouth filter in social situations, and although I can be charming when I have to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘solitude’
A Word About Solitude
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jean-Jacues Rousseau, loneliness, Miguel de Unamuno, Paul Tillich, quotes, Rainer Maria Rilke, solitude, Van Morrison on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have to say a word about solitude For the soul it sometimes they say can be good And I’m partial to it myself, well I must confess Nobody knows the meaning of loneliness ~Van Morrison in “Meaning of Loneliness” ~*~*~ “It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult [...]
Starry, Starry Night
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alone, Bill Watterson, creativity, loneliness, orion, Oscar Wilde, Ralph Waldo Emerson, solitude, stars on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“When it is darkest, men see the stars.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde I don’t think it’s coincidental that some of my favorite writers and thinkers have such poignant things to say about the stars. The thing I [...]
